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Born a slave in Maryland in 1818, Frederick Douglass (born Frederick Bailey) quickly proved that he was a man ahead of his time. Even as a kid, Douglass was precocious and quick to speak his mind. After the wife of the man who he served taught him the alphabet, he began secretly studying rhetoric and the speeches of famous orators. At…
Norma turned 90 and hit the road. It also was a trip to celebrate the end of her life. How’s that for badass and extremely poignant? It went like this: In the span of two weeks, 90-year-old Norma Jean Bauerschmidt’s husband died AND she was diagnosed with uterine cancer. Instead of hitting the chemo, she said, “I’m hitting the road.” With…
How do you make it in America? You hustle. And Shayne Oliver is a hustler in every sense of the word. The gender-bending creator of HOOD BY AIR – the biggest and most legit street-inspired high fashion line in the world – grew up with a single mom, no money and absolutely zero regard for what anyone said that meant…
Inspired by Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s recent interview with the Aspen Institute, we want to offer some insights on how to move forward into this new year. “The Latina in me is an ember that blazes forever.” – Sonia Sotomayor ❕Also, I finally got around to creating an Etsy page. Link in bio 😉 A post shared by…
The second children’s book in an inclusive series about LGBTQ adventurers debuts in June 2018, after their November Kickstarter campaign raised $4,000 more than their $40,000 goal. Readers have been waiting for this story for a very long time. The Maiden Voyage is a fairytale following a fisherman’s daughter, Ru, who is given a treasure map by her father and…
From Cali suburbs to rural Africa, Marianne Walpert is a physicist that makes solar happen. When Californians first started putting solar on their houses, the utility companies took all the extra energy. Ouch. Marianne pushed through laws that ensured homeowners get paid for the energy they create. Her newest endeavor is called Simusolar, a startup that provides solar electricity to…
You may have noticed that astrology is no longer a New Age woo-woo practice. These days, you won’t be surprised to find tarot cards on department store shelves or hear your friends chalking up their life troubles to Mercury in retrograde. Astrology has made real a comeback and some folks are studying why. Bertram Malle, a social cognitive scientist at…
Marcenia Lyle “Toni” Stone grew up playing baseball with the neighborhood kids, quickly earning the nickname Tomboy Stone. She was the first girl to land a position in the St. Peter Claver Catholic Church boys’ baseball team and went on to become the first of three women to become professional baseball players. In 1953, Stone signed with the professional ‘Negro…
Captains Daniel Hall, 30, and Vincent Franchino, 26, met during the ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ era—a time when it was forbidden for non-straight folks to disclose their sexual orientation. Congress repealed the policy in 2011 and these Apache helicopter pilots became the first active duty, same-sex couple to get married when they exchanged vows in January. The captains, who were…
The solar industry is on an upward tick with about 36,000 new jobs expected next year—21,000 of which will be in installation. That means a cleaner environment and well-paid employment. GRID Alternatives, a California-based solar non-profit, is making sure low-income neighborhoods have access to both solar energy and the jobs they create. Their efforts alone have prevented “the release of 340,000 tons of…
